Senior Website Executive

Closing date: 23:59 on 2nd September 2025

Henley Business School is looking for a talented and passionate digital professional to assist in enhancing our websites through content optimisations, collaboration with stakeholders, and undertaking performance analysis to drive improvements and deliver an exceptional user experience.

Henley Business School, part of the University of Reading, is looking for a Senior Website Executive to support the Website Manager to manage and enhance its web presence. You will work to ensure the Henley websites deliver outstanding user experience and performance, as well as meeting all legal standards.

The ideal candidate will have strong understanding of web-optimised digital content and copywriting, an excellent understanding of how to create effective and high-quality webpages, expertise in SEO best practices, and a strong knowledge of both digital accessibility and user experience.

You will work collaboratively with marketing teams, academic departments, and other stakeholders from across the Business School and main University to update and optimise web pages using our content management system. As such, excellent communication and relationship-building skills will be required.

You will support the Website Manager on strategic development and design projects, as well as provide analytic reports to various teams improve the website’s performance.

You will have demonstrable experience working within digital content and/or digital marketing roles, have experience working with content management systems, and a proven track record of working collaboratively with stakeholders to deliver upgrades to website content and experiences.

This is a hybrid working role that requires the successful candidate to easily and reliably access the Whiteknights and London Road campuses in Reading, as well as the Greenlands campus in Henley-on-Thames. This role will require flexibility to work across both Greenlands (Henley) and Whiteknights (Reading) campuses as required. Standard hours of work are 36 hours per week, but some extra hours may be required, including weekend working, depending on the events and projects that require support.

You will have:

• Excellent communication
• Demonstrable experience in digital content management for web
• Stakeholder management skills
• Planning, organisation and project management skills
• Strong attention to detail

Interview Date: 11th September 2025

Contact Name: Fenton Christmas
Contact Job Title: Website Manager
Contact Email Address: f.r.christmas@henley.ac.uk

Alternative Contact Name: Julia Massey
Alternative Contact Job Title: Director of Marketing and Sales
Alternative Contact Email Address: j.massey@henley.ac.uk

The University is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, and champions LGBT+ equality. We are a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2). Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.

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